I believe the “pile of ramen” description of lace knitting pre-blocking is a Yarn Harlot thing. It’s absolutely true. Case in point: the tiny doily I finished this afternoon, currently sulking because it’s not getting blocked for a bit yet. (There was an adventure in blocking already this week, with the red … swatch-doily.) The purple thing is #80 crochet cotton, knit on 2.25mm needles which normally do not seem quite so horrendously large…
The red thing wants its glamour shot, but the best I can do is this, which is a bit wobbly from being on a not very flat surface.
Also, the theory on knitting faster to prevent running out of yarn may not work for getting that extra couple of yards, but it certainly gets the knitting done – and now I’ve started knitting on an edging for the jellyfish shawl, because I need to wave it at some people and demonstrate that it is, in fact, flat. This edging thing is fascinating, if a little odd… I hope it works. I am just iffy enough at actual math that I’m not convinced about the whole round flat object geometry thing.
It has been raining, as it does in New England, for the last week, hence the increase in knitting and decrease in cranes. I think it’s cleared up a bit, and if the weather continues to be at least a little reasonable, there should be some paper in the wild over the next few days.
